Essays about: "adaptive diffusion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words adaptive diffusion.

  1. 1. What factors are considered to be important for managers within Swedish municipalities to enable the diffusion of innovations within Green IT?

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : John Eriksson; Marie Österberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Green IT; Diffusion of Innovation; Swedish municipalities;

    Abstract : Sweden is divided into 290 municipalities. The municipalities are responsible for many services that generates significant amount of CO2 emissions. For example; energy, waste management andstreetlights. This emission can potentially be reduced by using Green IT - smart IT solutions that optimise the processes or reduces the energy needed. READ MORE

  3. 2. Agricultural vulnerability to changing rainfall patterns: Assessing the role of smallholder farmers’ perceptions and access to weather forecast information in adaptation-decision making : case study of the North-Western provinces, Rwanda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Didier Muyiramye; [2020]
    Keywords : vulnerability; perception; weather forecast information; changing rainfall patterns; heavy rainfalls; floods; smallholder farmers; adaptation;

    Abstract : Adverse weather is currently among the crucial challenges facing agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa. With climate change and variability increasing, rainy seasons are becoming more and more unpredictable. Heavy rainfalls and severe flooding have increased, affecting smallholder farming and rural livelihoods considerably. READ MORE

  4. 3. Adaptive Evolution of Resource Use, Phenotypic Diversity, and Productivity of Phytoplankton Communities

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Nils Hellekant; [2019]
    Keywords : Adaptive Dynamics; phenotype; phytoplankton; plankton; BEF; Biodiversity; diversity; Spatial modeling; Ecosystem function; Evolution; Diversity;

    Abstract : There is growing concern that the worldwide loss in biodiversity will harm the stability of the ecosystems, and thereby, the carrying capacity and critical ecosystem services the biosphere provides. Phytoplankton (microalgae) in lakes and oceans are arguably the most important primary producers. READ MORE

  5. 4. The adoption of distributed ledger technology in trade and export finance operations of Swedish banks

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Gustaf Blidholm; Mathias Johnson; [2018]
    Keywords : Blockchain; DLT; distributed ledger; finance; technology; FinTech; bank; trade finance; export; cost reduction; efficiency; Sweden; innovation; diffusion;

    Abstract : Centralized data storage and reconciliation by trusted intermediaries has historically put financial systems in the hands of a single central parties. The emergence of bitcoin and blockchain, combined with the 2008 financial crisis, has shifted the Swedish financial sector’s traditional perspectives on democratization, centralization, transparency and automation. READ MORE

  6. 5. Decentralized Diffusion-Controlled Algorithm for Community Detection : Initialization and Resolution Study

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

    Author : Adrian Ramirez; [2017]
    Keywords : community detection; unbalanced communities; adaptive diffusion; decentralized algorithm; Gemenskap detektering; obalanda gemenskaper; adaptativ diffusion; decentraliserad algoritm;

    Abstract : Community detection in graphs has been an important research topic for many fields. The aim of community detection is to extract from graphs those groups of nodes that present more connections between them than with the rest of the network. Detecting such groups at different scales can help understanding the global behaviour of the system. READ MORE